According to the American billionaire, his brain-computer interface firm is currently attempting to obtain as many mouse button clicks as possible from the patient who is part of the first ever human trial with the brain-chip
Neuralink's first human patient fully recovers and controls a computer mouse using thoughts, as per Musk. (Credit: Kohji Asakawa from Pixabay)
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reportedly said that his brain-computer interface firm Neuralink’s first human patient implanted with a brain-chip has fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using thoughts.
Musk has been quoted by Reuters to have said in a Spaces event on social media platform X as: “Progress is good, and the patient seems to have made a full recovery, with no ill effects that we are aware of.
“Patient is able to move a mouse around the screen by just thinking.”
According to Musk, the brain-computer interface firm is currently attempting to obtain as many mouse button clicks as possible from the patient.
Neuralink implanted a brain chip in a human for the first time last month. The first product from the company is called Telepathy, which would help users to control their devices.
Musk had then posted on X that the initial users will be those who have lost the use of their limbs. The product is expected to enable users to control their phone or computer and through them almost any device, just by thinking.
Based in the US, the brain chip start-up aims to restore independence and enhance lives through its brain-computer interface experience. It is expected to allow fast and reliable computer control by prioritising ease of use.
Neuralink states that the company’s brain-computer interface is fully implantable, cosmetically invisible, and designed to let the users control a computer or mobile device anywhere.
The firm secured the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval to launch the first-in-human clinical study in May 2023. Neuralink opened the first-in-human clinical trial recruitment in September last year.